Kalighat Painting

29-225-1

From: India | Calcutta

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-225-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian | Hindu
Provenience India | Calcutta
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Paper | Pigment
Technique Painted
Iconography Krittikaya | Peacock
Inscription Language English Language
Description

Kalighat painting on brown paper. Image of Shiva's son, Krittikaya, seated on a peacock. Folk art style with thin, bright pigments loosely applied. Some silver paint.

Height 45.72 cm
Length 0 cm
Width 27.94 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904

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